Building construction.



W. WAIT.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. r911.

1,296,574. Patented Mar. 4,1919.

' aka n; ATTORNEY WESLEY WAIT, 0F NEWBURG H, NEW YORK.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY WAIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful longitudinal recess in the web, with a recessed girder or beam constructed to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the parallel flanges and the web and recess of the column or upright, andthe objects of my invention are (1) to provide a construction for interlocking a column or upright and a girder or beam to form a support for mines, subways, culverts, trestles or bridges, (2) to provide a construction for interlocking a column or upright and a girder or beamfor use in'buildmgs or structures, or for the reinforcement of buildings or structures of concrete, stone or brick, (3) to provide a construction for'interlocking a column or upright and a girder or beam to form a supporting means for travelin conveyers, (4:) to provide a construction or intcrlocking a column or upright and a girder or beam to form a supporting means for benches, tables or similar articles to which my construction can be applied, and (5) to provide a construction for interlocking a column or upright and a girder or beam which may be, readily detached from their interlocking relationship.

To the accomplishment of the above recited objects and others of a similar nature my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims. And it should be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction, as there may be modification and variation in certain respects without departing from the spirit of my invention, or exceeding the'scope of the claims.

I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1, is a front view of my building construction.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2-2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4;, 1919.

Application filed March 17, 1917. Serial No. 155,489.

of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the upper end of a column or upright.

Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the end of a girder or beam.

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a modified form of my building construction.

Fig. 6, is front view of my building construction, the girder or beam being of T shape.

Fig. 7, is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My building construction comprises a column or upright, 10, of H form and a girder or beam, 11, of I form.

The web of the column or upright, 10, is cut away, at a point slightly below the upper end of the column or upright, 10, horizontally and cut away in the central longitudinal line of the web to expose the inner sldes, 12, and adjacent edges 12, of the flanges. of the column or upright, 10, and to form a recess, 13,'in the Wb and exposed ends, 14, of the web of the column or upright, 10, Fig. 3.

The upper flange of the girder or beam, 11, is cut away longitudinally at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the girder or beam, 11, to form a longitudinal recess, 15, and the under flange is cut away longitudinally and transversely at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the girder or beam to form a longitudinal-transverse recess, 16, and provide an exposed portion, 16, of the web, Fig. 4. By exposed portion, 16, of the web is meant that portion of the web of the beam, 11, extending upward in a vertical line from the bottom or base of the transversely recessed portion of the recess, 16, and adapted to fall on or engage the recess, 13, of the upright, 10. I

The modified form of my building construction, Fig. 5, difiers from the above described-construction, Figs. 3 and 4., in that the web of the column or upright, 10, is not cut away horizontally slightly below the upper end of the column or upright, the ends, 14', of the web formed by the recess, 13, being flush with the upper ends of the flanges of the column or upright, 10, and that while the under flange of the beam, 11, is cut away longitudinally. and transversely at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the beam to form a longitudinal transverse recess, 16, the upper flange is also cut away longitudinally and transversely at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the girder or beam to form a longitudinal-transverserecess, 16".

The modified form of my building construction, Figs. 6 and 7, diflers from the above described forms, Figs. '3, 4: and 5, in that both the column or upright, 17 and the girder or beam, 18, are of T form, the single flange of the column or upright, 17 having an exposed inner side, 12, and adjacent edges, 12 of the flange, the leg being cut away horizontally at a point slightly below the upper end of the column or upright, 17, and the recess, 13, is in the leg of the girder or beam, 18, that is, the construction is as if the inner flange of the column or upright, 10, Fig. 3, were eliminated, while the girder or beam, 18, is provided with only one longitudinal recess, 15, inthe edge of the single flange, that is, as if one longitudinal recess, 15, in the upper flange and the Whole under flange of the girder or beam, 11, Fig. 4, were eliminated.

The assembling and operation of my building construction is as follows: The column or upright, 10, Figs. 1, 2 and 3, being maintained in a vertical posit-ion by suitable means the girder or beam, 11, is placed thereon so that the longitudinal-transverse recess, 16, in the under flanges engage the inner sides, 12, and adjacent edges, 12', of the flangesand the web of the column or upright, 10, substantially on a line with the bottom of the recess, 13, and the exposed portion, 16, of the web of the girder or earn, 11, engages the recess, 13, of the column or upright, 10, and the longitudinal recesses, 15, in the upper flange of the girder or beam, 11, engage the inner sides, 12, and the adjacent edges, 12', of the flanges at the upper end of the column or upright, 10, While the under surface of the upper flange of the girder or beam, 11, engages the tops of the ends, 14, of the web of the column or upright, 10, the girder of beam, 11, thus being interlocked with the column or upright, 10, and prevented from moving laterally or longitudinally. The cutting away horizontally of the web of the column or upright, 10, slightly below the upper end of the column or upright permits the upper ends of the column or upright and the upper surface of the up er flafige of the girder or beam,

11, to lie in the same horizontal plane.

The assembling and operation of the modified form of my building construction, Fig. 5, is similar to the above described except that the girder or beam, 11, is .provided and that the web of the column or upright,

the web of the column or upright-are in the same horizontal plane.

The assembling and operation of the modified form of my building construction, Figs.

6 and 7, is the same as in the case of the first described construction, except that the column.or upright, 17, and girder or beam, 18, being of T form, the girder or beam is placed on the column or upright, 17, so that the single longitudinal, recess of the girder or beam, 18, engages the inner side, 12, and adjacent edges, 12, of the single flange of the column or upright, 17, and the leg of the girder or beam, 18, engages the recess in the leg of the column or upright,17, and the under surface of the flange of the girder or beam, 18, engages the tops of the ends of the leg of the column or upright, 17 the leg of the column or upright, 17, being cut away slightly below the upper end of the column or upright to permit the upper end of the flange of the column or upright, 17 and the upper flange surface of the girder or beam, 18, to lie in the same horizontal plane.

While my building construction as shown 1. A construction comprising an upright provided with a vertical and a transverse flange and having the transverse flange at the upper end of the upright cut away in the longitudinal line of the transverse flange to form a recess, and a flange recessed beam constructed to engage the inner side and adjacent edges of the vertical flange of the upright and to engage the transverse flange of the upright and to engage the recess in the transverse flange of the upright whereby the beam is prevented from moving. laterally or longitudinally.

2. A construction com rising an upright provided with vertical anges and a connecting web and having the web at the upper end of the upright cut away in the longitudinal line thereof .to form a recess, and a recessed beam provided with htrizontal flanges and a connecting web and constructed to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the vertical flanges of the uprightand to engage the web of the upright and having an exposed portion of the web to engage the relib cess of the upright whereby the beam is prevented from moving laterally or longitudinally. I

3. A construction comprising an upright provided with vertical flanges and a connecting Web and having the web cut away in the longitudinal line of the web to form a recess, and a beam provided with horizontal flanges and a connecting web and having a longitudinalrecess in the upper flange at 0pposite sides at the edge at the end of the beam to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the flan es of the upright at the upper end thereo and having a longitudinal-transverse recess in the under flange at opposite sides of the edge at the end of the beam to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the flanges and the web of the upright and having an exposed portion of the web to engage the recess of the upright.

4. A construction comprising an upright of H-form having the web cut away horizontally slightly below the upper end of the upright and cut away in the longitudinal line of the web to form a recess, and a beam of I-form having a longitudinal recess in theupper flange at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the beam to engage the mner sides and adjacent edges of the flanges of the upright at the upper end thereof and providing engagement of the under surface of the upper flange of the beam with the tops of the web of the upright, and having a longitudinal-transverse recess in the under flange at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the beam to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the flanges and the web of the upright and having an exposed portion of the web to engage the recess of the upright.

5. A construction comprising an upright of H-form having the web cut away in the longitudinal line of the web to form a recess, and a beam of I-form, having a longitudinal-transverse recess in the upper flange at opposite sides at the edge at the end of the beam to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the .flanges of the upright and the upper ends of the web of the upright, and

vhaving a longitudinal-transverse recess in the under flange at opposite sides at theedge at the end of the beam to engage the inner sides and adjacent edges of the flanges and the web of the upright and havin an exposed portion of the web to engage t e recess of the upright.

WESLEY WAIT. 

